Heart Attack Cost in North Carolina — Compare All Hospitals
Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) without major complications — discharged alive.
State average
$36,940
gross charge · DRG 282
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$5,297 – $56,599
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Randolph Hospital
Asheboro, NC
Gross charge $5,297 - 2
Sampson Regional Medical Center
Clinton, NC
Gross charge $21,091Cash pay $14,764 - 3
Central Carolina Hospital
Sanford, NC
Gross charge $26,108Cash pay $10,443 - 4
Maria Parham Medical Center
Henderson, NC
Gross charge $29,783Cash pay $11,913 - 5
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Gross charge $30,037Cash pay $18,022 - 6
UNC REX Hospital
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge $30,037Cash pay $18,022Medicare pays (avg) $3,768 - 7
Haywood Regional Medical Center
Clyde, NC
Gross charge $30,591Cash pay $12,236 - 8
Harris Regional Hospital
Sylva, NC
Gross charge $31,288Cash pay $12,515 - 9
Duke Regional Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $33,637Cash pay $9,082 - 10
Duke University Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge $38,409Cash pay $10,370 - 11
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
Gross charge $38,427Cash pay $17,292Medicare pays (avg) $4,646 - 12
Rutherford Regional Health System
Rutherfordton, NC
Gross charge $40,025Cash pay $16,010 - 13
Wilson Medical Center
Wilson, NC
Gross charge $40,083Cash pay $16,033 - 14
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $44,123Cash pay $22,062 - 15
Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
Gross charge $44,123Cash pay $22,062 - 16
Novant Health Medical Park Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge $44,123Cash pay $22,062 - 17
Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center
Supply, NC
Gross charge $44,123Cash pay $22,062 - 18
Novant Health Matthews Medical Center
Matthews, NC
Gross charge $44,123Cash pay $22,062 - 19
Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center
Huntersville, NC
Gross charge $44,123Cash pay $22,062 - 20
Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $44,123Cash pay $22,062 - 21
Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center
Charlotte, NC
Gross charge $44,123Cash pay $22,062 - 22
Novant Health Rowan Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Gross charge $45,229Cash pay $22,614 - 23
Frye Regional Medical Center
Hickory, NC
Gross charge $56,599Cash pay $22,639 - 24
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Gastonia, NC
Gross charge — - 25
Ecu Health Medical Center
Greenville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,766Medicare pays (avg) $4,686 - 26
North Carolina Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,199 - 27
North Carolina Specialty Hospital
Durham, NC
Gross charge — - 28
Columbus Regional Healthcare System
Whiteville, NC
Gross charge — - 29
Wakemed, Raleigh Campus
Raleigh, NC
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,175 - 30Gross charge —
- 31
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
Elkin, NC
Gross charge — - 32
Vidant Roanoke Chowan Hospital
Ahoskie, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,766 - 33
ECU Health Edgecombe Hospital
Tarboro, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,766 - 34
ECU Health Duplin Hospital
Kenansville, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,766 - 35
ECU Health North Hospital
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,766 - 36
WakeMed Cary Hospital
Cary, NC
Gross charge — - 37
ECU Health Bertie Hospital
Windsor, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,766 - 38
ECU Health Chowan Hospital
Edenton, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,766 - 39
The Outer Banks Hospital, Inc
Nags Head, NC
Gross charge —Cash pay $25,766 - 40Gross charge —
- 41
Angel Medical Center
Franklin, NC
Gross charge —
23 North Carolina hospitals publish gross charges for heart attack (DRG 282). Prices range from $5,297 to $56,599 — roughly $51,302 apart. The cheapest is Randolph Hospital in Asheboro; the most expensive is Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. The state average sits at $36,940.
The number you see is each hospital's published "list price" — the gross charge for the facility component of heart attack. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists heart attack at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling heart attack in North Carolina, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. North Carolina hospitals missing from the list either don't perform heart attack in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 282 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.